The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-07 00:00:00

S 'Divan, Esq., who 1 al accepted it e ste►cardship of the Clid !int Hundreds. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned, at lialf-past One o'Clock, to Mancl:y next. THE BUDGET. CUM DO ENTS REFERRED TO BY THE, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. OPERATION OF NEW POOR LAWS. anember Quarter.—Number of Unions formed, 311, in cluding 6,676 parishes. Amount of rates brought under Guardians, 3,363,8791. The greater part of 15 counties. In 122 Unions, rates on average of three year; amounted to 1,258,867/. Expenditure of Quarter ending December 31, un der old system £314,717 1 Expenditure under n ew s y stem 54,888 E x penditure, of year—old syst em Estimated expenditure —new s y stem 619,553 Reduction 49 per Cent. :Reduction in Uckfield, Battle, and Medhurst Unions more than two-thirds. In the Uckfield Unions, containing 16,000 persoto, a few days back only four able-bodied labourers out of work in the worst winter quarter. Railroads do not affect as much as snight be cuuceived. London and Birmingham Company employ 9,000. Value of the labourer increased un dor the new system ss. per week. March Quarter. --Former statements and results confirmed. The reduction in the worst districts 59 per cent., in the best 20 per cent. Cockburn. Welwyn. Sto!le Pos. Hit chin. 1333-4 1134-5 1835-6 '5BO 498 • EXCISE—REDUCTION OF ESTABLISHMENT. Discontinuance pf survey on Brewers and Wine—Tea. 187 Officers rect.l:cd „Salaries, .£1`2,857 Tea permits and suvveys. Illegal practices. 101,697 dealers in tea ' 2,126 dealers in wine Freed from survey. 39,869 brewers NEW MILLS IN DISTRICT. Extract from a letter from principal Superintendent in Lancashire, Jan. 29, 1536:-- 62 Cotton.mills 2 Woollen 1 Silk 1 Fla% 2,007 horse-power 66 2,104 Giving employment to 10,000 persons. In the cotton districts engines are in course of erection of more than 7,000 horse-power, requiring an addition population of 90,000 men to work them. COLLECTION O F REVENUE AND TAXES. —SAVING IN STAMPS . Forty-four Officers' Salarie= Expense of Collection. 1834 1835 . £13,758 ... 442,645 ~.. 434,741 Add one quarter's salaries, five quarters being paid in latter year Further saving in prospect by consolidation of dis tricts, abolition of discount to proctors, stationers, &c. 7,904 14,000 20,000 £41,141 .£662,330 Surplus on the year Proposed Reduction. Year. To April, 1837. Paper duties £250,000 £125,000 Government dutiesl:ls,ooo Z Excise collection... 6,000 5 Post Office treaty 40,000 20,000 Probates (100,0001. credit 3 20,000 20, 000 gradually withdrawn) ... South Sea duties Newspaper Stamps 200,000 150,000 Increase of paper Increase of advertisements Insurances on farmingbuildings 30,000 15,000 Advertisements (Ireland) B,OOO 6,000 Taxes, flies, tax-carts, &c. £563,000 - Estimated loss by reduction in the year } X.lsl,ooo ending April, 1837 PA PER. Duties exorbitant. Writing paper, 25 per cent. ; printing paper, 53 to 60 per cent. ; coarse paper, 70 to 200 per cent. Frauds—Paper selling for 40s. ; real price of duty being paid 565. Classification—No longer possible to distinguish.— Dchany. The honest man pays 28s. The rogue 14s. Effect on L:terature—Cost of paper on book 3 augmented not from 50 to eso, but from 100 to 180 per cent, from the loss on unsold copies. APIANAC 9. Ti.• Ify nn l,-nan2ns, lately repearea, a striking instance of the injurious effects if excessive taxation in crippling the public demand, and in prevonting the employment of traders, manufacturers, artizans, and artists. The duty of Is. 3d. made number smell, sale moderate. No sooner taken off than upwards of 200 new ones started, in and around London alone. The demand immense. Of some of them 250,000 copies sold by the middle of December, and yet the old ones not only maintain their ground, but Moore's - Almanac is said this year to have actually doubled its former sales. CARRIAGES WITH LESS THAN FOUR WHEELS. , By the 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 39, certain carriages with less than four wheels are exempted from duty ; but as con siderable inconvenience and hardship have been experienced in consequence of the complexity and doubtfulness of the torms of the exemption to all carriages with less than four wheels, which shall be kept by any person or persons for his or their use, and not for hire or profit, and drawn by one horse, mare, gelding, or mule only, and constructed with any materials. and in any form, the cost and value of which shall not at any time exceed 15/. ; provided that the carriages shall be marked with the Christian and surname, or names and places of abode of the owners in words at length, and in such characters and in such places as shall be specified in the Act. This may be attended with a trifling loss of revenue, but will be a great relief to the public, particularly to tradesmen and farmers, as it will prevent surcharges and other vexatious proceedings. DRIVERS OF FLY CARRIAGES. By the 53d Gco. 111., cap. 93, schedule C, No. 1, inn keepers and others licensed to sell wine, &c., are exempted from tax on the servants who are employed to drive their car riages with horses let out to hire in such a manner as that the post-horse duty is payable. It is intended to extend this exemption to the drivers of all carriages and flys let out to hire, whether they belong to persons licensed to sell wine, &c., or uot. The executions since 1829 have been in each year. 1820 107 1824 49 11828 5B 1832...... 54 1821......114 1825 50 1829 74 1833 33 1822 97 1826 57 16,30. 46 1834 34 1823 54 1827. 73 1831. 52 1835 34 229 I :230 I 155 372 The executions in London and Middlesex in s eed] year, from 1827 to 1835, have been 1827 - 1830 6 I 1833 • 2 1828 2l 1831 1829 25 1832 New glass Louses in the three counties—two very la r g ones in London and Manchester. Estimated surplus £ 835,000 Add Excess of Receipt beyond Estimate Deduct—Excess of Expelditure beyond Esti mate 1,665,247 80,904 Actual Surplus on the sth of April, 1836 1,584,343 From which—Deduct payments on account of West India Compensation Surplus 208,035 REDUCTION SINCE 1825. Treasury £27,421 Exchequer and Paymaster of Civil Services 58,994 War Office, including Military Boards 29,509 Ordnance.. ... „ .. 122,174 Admiralty and Naval Departments Excise 152,301 Stamps and Taxes Audit Department Vice-Treasurer's Office, &c. POST OFFICE. Free transmission of newspapers to foreign countries. Ship letters nearly reduced one-half.—( Postage four cen times.) Postage with France reduced, and letters to be taxed by weight—single if one quarter of an ounce, double if half an ounce—Reduction from 2s. 5d., from London to Paris 2s. Id., Paris to London, Is. Bd.) Penny postage on newspapers. Saving on mail coach contracts 12,0001. per annum. Newspapers to pass free to foreign countries beyo nd French limits, on postage of four centimes, in place of la. or 12f. Transit postage with France might have been 17,0001. NUMBER OF PERSONS DISCHARGED AS INSOLVENT DEBTORS. 183° 4,648 1833 1834 4,275 1835 Extract of a letter from cue of the Judges in the Insolvent Court, April 4, 1836 " In the clothing districts of Gloucester and Somerset very great improvement. No case of the insolvency of a master or weaver on his own account, where three years ago there were several. A general prosperity observable in the buildings of country towns and villages. In the manufacturing parts of northern and midland counties has frequently expressed in Court his congratulations to the county, that hardly one case occurred of the insolvency of master or weaver ; especially Nottingham noticeable at Nottingham and Leicester, where, on former oc. .easions, the number of failures bad been considerable, and the eharactcrs cf them fraudulent." STATE OF MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. Mr. Rickards, April 13.—Universal demand for machinery. In 1833, 1834, woollen mills in Mr. Saunder's district not em ployed more than Lag or two-thirds ordinary time—now fully employed ; operatives prosperous, not from increased rates of wages, but from steady demand for labour. Mr. Horner, April B.—Stocks low, demand steady. fair prices—new cotton mills in progress—flax-mills erecting at Montrose, Arbroath, and Dundee. Moreover 'in horse-power more than one-third in the year. At Dunfermline, 1,000 handloorn weavers wanted. Half mere flax sown in Ireland than in preceding years. PIiIOES OF :•;14;CI , 5 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. But); Stock .. 2 l -.4 11 lt , dia Stock-- — :3 per Cent Bed 9O I Ditto Bornl, 5 ;•1e a ~ er Cent Cons 9 , > - ; - 1 , south Sea Stock — tq pt r Cent. -----Old Annuities— -0 itto lied 014 74 9 New Ditto — New 31,', per Cent 100% 1 4 1, , 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 3 per Cent — Exch. Bills, -til,t'o o 19 17 19 pm. Bank Long A nnuitics toexpire Ditto ifto 1 , 1 17 19 pm. Jan 5,180 n 15 13-16 15-16 Ditto Small l9 17 19 pre. Oct 10, 1t550 151.4 11-16. Ditto Commercial .......... pm. tan. 5. 19fie --.1 Ditto Advertised — put. Jan s, 14 , 4) — Ponk Stock for Account -- April 5, IRV — India Stick for Account Jan. 5, 1870 --1 Consols for Account Omnium PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds 103,i, Petuvian Bonds . Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account.. ... . Portuguoseßonds 961 414 Brazilian Bonds — ' Ditto Account — Ditto Account — , Ditto New Bonds ...... ....8.14.i 54 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account 8.514 4% 44 5t4 3i it, . Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per mut. 'AV, ii Cnillian Bonds Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account — Russian Bonds, 182 4 — Colomb•an Bond - — . Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, ISi!I Ditto Account — , Ditto Account — D:nisli Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent.... —t. —c. Ditto Bonds, II:5 — ! 4 per cent. —f --c. : 3 per cent. •.iit.., '--- Exchange —f. —c ' Dutch; 234 per cent. - IDitto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent IOINr. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account .... Ditto. ti per cent Ditto Account Neapolitan ruccEs OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. - -.-. British Iron Company 5O - - 38% Bi rm ingham and Derby Railway Company 5 14 Bi rm ingham and Gloucester Railway Company 5 10 Ch e lt e nham and Great Western Railway 5 4 4 Commercial Illackwall Railway Company 2 3% Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Com p an y E as tern COunti , s Railway 1 1% Great North of England Railway Company Great Western Railway Company lO 36% B r i g hton Railway Company . Brighton (Rennie's) ..• • 2 IliVi London and Blackwall Railway London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 28% L on don Grand Junction Railway Manchester South:Union Railway Company' 2 4%% S ou th Eastern Railway Company 2 A n ti Dryrot Company oyi 4 iIA C o l o nial Bank lO 16% 6 S out h African Bank 6 8 COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburg M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto ..... .... ............ 2 Us 25 90 _Marseilles. Fr.mkfort OR Maine, Ex. M 154 Petefsbui gh, ruble ..... .3 Us lO 0 Berlin Vienna, effective 11 2M.10 19 Trieste. .....ditto lO 11 Madrid 36;4 Cadiz 37 Milton :',6% Barcelona Seville 36% 48 Gibraltar 1 NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 17% Genoa O5 90 Milan 3l Venice 47 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 122% Lisbon 55 Oporto 56g Rio Janeiro 36 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres -- Dublin, 91 days' sight l %l Cork 1,6 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 317 10% New Doubloons New Dollars Silver. bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due 0 America 0 .) Brazil 1 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Cartlizgena. 0 0 Dublin 1 0 Flanders n MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 1 France 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 Gueru. &Jersey ii 0 Malta 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico I 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... ..... 2 minutes alter 8. I Erening..—..3s minutes after 8 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Comic Opera of THE LORD OF THE MANOR. Sir John Contrast, Mr. W. Farren; Truemore, Mr. Wilson ; Rash. ley, Mr. H. Phillips. Annette, Miss Forde ; Sophia, Miss ShirrefF; Peggy, Mrs. Fitzwil. Ram ; Atoll Flaggon, Mr. Bartley. After which—THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren; Lovewell, Mr. Cooper; Brush, Mr. Meadows ; Mr. Sterling, Mr. Bartley. Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. C. Jones; Miss Sterling, Mrs. Sloman ; Betty Mrs. Fitzwiliiam. stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box .office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 75. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 35. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s. Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, Is.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, 641. HAMBURGH, MARCH 18, 1836. -WIN§ BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS or e tiltEATLOTThrtin-m rum - amen aria prawn u' authority, and under guarantee of the Hamburgh State, beg to in form the Public that the SIXTY-EIGHTH LOTTERY of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 23d June next, and Tickets are now selling at bancomarks 108, or 81. say Eight Pounds, sterling. The Prizes are 1 of 100,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 of 15,000, 1 of 10,000, 1 of 8,000, 1 of 7,000, 1 of 6,000, 1 of 5,000, 10 of 1,000, 35 of 300, 36 of 165, 234 of 150, and 1,995 of 108 bancomarks • which 2,316 Money Prizes are altogether pay able without any deduction what ever, and every holder of a Ticket comin g u p : one of the 2,000 first drawn Blanks will be entitled, after the fourth day of Drawing, to the receipt of two undraw n Tickets, gratis, as per scheme. Owing to the Gratis Tickets, the number of Tickets on Sale is a very limited one, so that of course they will be cleared off very rapidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to purchase at the present First Price of 81., are requested to direct by one of the first snails, but only for whole Tickets, to the above named Contractors, Heine Brothers, in Hamburg, who beg to de cline, as usual, English oiders for any thing less than a whole Ticket. To those remitting a 10/. note, Heine Brothers will, on executing the order, send an order for the balance of 2/. by return of post. A full Scheme and every desirable information being al ways sent with the Tickets, - those giving orders will only have to write a line ordering the Ticket or Tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, and giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications Those honouring Heine Brothers by purchasing, may depend on their strictest secrecy as to their taking a chance or getting a Prize, such being the undeviating rule of the old established and most lucky office. TO CORRESPONDENTS. In consequence of an aecident, we are sorry a few of onr Sub. scribers were disappointed of their Papers yesterday evening. _------ The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clod. 4. 5 1 f. -- P•J ‘ * r-,... - • s , - i - , 4 --„!..,, .44. _ ~ ... i-4. , t r_ ~, ~.. , - -,.44:, ,, ): . ,_•.): .<7,,- , .. ?tf,z - -- - " -- =32-6i.: Z/II)t ‘-'III. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1836 As the Morning Journals, who have abused the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for stating the tro!h, still persist iii saying that they were no parties to th e G e oeral Meetings of the Newspaper Proprietors or to the re:.;`lutions adopted at their proceedings, we call upon the Chijtman of that body to convene a Ge neral Meeting - of the evade, in order to justify his own character, and that of the Deottation, from the aspersion s cast upon their conduct by the papers in question. Self-interest is but too apt to warp the judgment, and in the present instance it seems to have warped the conscience also. In the House of Commons last night the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, pursuant to notice, brought forward his Budget for the current year, which we arc happy to state was received with marks of decided approbation by men of all parties. There is no touchstone for Ministerial professions of economy equal to the Budget ; and when a Minister succeeds in showing that he is drawing the least possible sum, compatible with the maintenance of the pub lic service, out of the pockets of the people, he lays the foundation for a popularity, and a degree of public confidence, not easily shaken in such a money-loving country as Great Britain. A press, the patrons of which derive honours and emoluments from abuses, may denounce him as hurrying the country over the precipice of revolution ; but the farmer, the merchant, and the artizan, whose taxes have been di minished, whose industry has been fostered, will pay very little regard to such unfounded invectives. With a thriving trade, and a decreased public expenditure, it requires a good deal of rhetoric to persuade people that they are actually ruined. It will be seen by the report of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S Speech, that he estimates the in come for the current year at 46,980,0001., and the ,ex penditure at 45205,8071. —leaving a surplus of in come over the expenditure, to the amount of 1,774,1931. From this saving is to be deducted the charge for the interest and management of the West Judie Loan, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, ►VIAY 7, 1836. which is not included in the annual expenditure. This will amount to 1,111,863/., which, taken from the surplus mentioned above, will leave an actual sur plus, over and above all charges, temporary or other wise, of 662,330/. As was well observed by Mr. HumE, had there been no increase in the Navy Esti mates, the surplus, over and above the charge fur the West India Loan, would have exceeded a million sterling Of the amount of actual surplus in the bands of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, 331,0001. will be applied to the further reduction of taxation on paper, probates of wills, insurances on fa►ming build ings, newspaper stamps, tax-carts, South Sea duties, Irish advertisements, and spirit licenses. So that not more 300,0001., exclusive of 20,0001., the cost of the Post-Office treaty with France, will remain unem ployed in the Treasury, to meet those contingencies to which every Government is liable. The duties proposed to be reduced are such as press most heavily on the lower and middling classes. Thus the duty on stained paper, which is so severely felt by all persons furnishing, and which checks the cultivation of habits of cleanliness, comfort and elegance among the more respectable class of tradesmen, will he totally repealed. The duty on other Paper will be reduced from 3d. a pound to or one half. The repeal of the duty on:lnsurances on all farming buildings and taxed carts, will be of very great advantage to agriculturists, gardeners, and all traders in vegetable produce. The estimated loss from these. reductions will run thus : Newspaper Stamps £150,000 Paper Duties .. 125,000 Probate Duties ......... ..... . Insurances on Farming Buildings South Sea Duties . - 10,000 Irish Advertisements Tax Carts, &c. £331,000 In the above we have not included the repeal of the fifty per cent. on Spirit Licenses, as we do not know at what precise sum such reduction is estimated. The CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQER does not, however, look forward to any actual deficiency under this head, as he calculates upon such an increase in the consumption of spirits as will make up for the nominal revenue thus sacri ficed. We speak moderately when we say that the country has in the Budget of last night another proof of the honesty, the ability, and the zeal of the present Go vernment. By the reduction and the consolidation of the duties upon Stamps, Newspapers, Paper, Adver tisements, &c., the country is materially benefitted ; and an end is put to that bane of a commercial people-- smuggling. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER acquitted himself most ably of the heavy duty which devolved upon him during the important discus sion. His speech was most clear, masterly, and ap posite ; and his subsequent explanations showed an acquaintance with the minutest details which must have satisfied the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not leave the duties of his office to be discharged by clerks, after the fashion of many of his predecessors. The country will learn with some surprise, after the doleful outcry the Tories have been making about Whig misma nagement, that during the four last years our im ports have annually increased at the rate of 960,0001., while our exports rather exceed 15,449,000/. The Whigs have certainly adopted a very curious mode of ruining the country. In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of RIPON moved for the production of certain papers, connected with the present state of the Irish Church, which, he observed, it was indispensably necessary that thy House should be pub ;n r oooooolon of, .c thoy viuul4. shortly be called to legislate on the subject. Lord MELBOURNE acceded to the motion without hesitation, and added that " the property of the Church was the property of the whole body of the faithful, held toge-, ther in the same bond of faith ; the property was national, or public property, set aside by individuals from motives of piety—or, it might be, superstition — of former ages, for the preservation of the Established Religion of the country ; and such being the case, the State must interfere with it, by diminishing the funds where they were too large, and by extending them where they were too small, and apply them to other purposes for effecting the objects which they all had in view." This is a frank, manly declaration—in short, just such a one as wt should expect to hear from the Noble Lord ; and for, we verily believe, the twentieth time, gives the lie direct to the Conservatives, who as sert that Ministers would gladly, if they could, throw overboard the Appropriation Clause. The French Papers contain no fresh intelligence o! moment. PARIS, Max 5.-In execution of the law of 25th June, 1833, and of the ordinance of the 27th of the same month, the young soldiers belonging to the first half of the contingent of the class of 1824, who are still at their own houses, are going to be called to their standards ; they must set out be tween the 20th May and the 15th June next.-Monituer. General Allard had an audience yesterday of the President of the Council and the Minister of Commerce. It is affirmed that the connection which is going to be opened with Lahore, will be of great importance to the two States. Several savant and artists have been solicited to join Gen. Allard, and to visit the countries into which he has introduced something of Euro pean civilization ; but it appears that the Government, which is so lavish of its encouragement of the Police, is always in want of funds when it is proposed to extend our foreign rela tions, and to make progress in the useful or agreeable arts of other people. Letters from Constantinople of the sth of April announce that the payment of the first part of the indemnity to Russia had commenced, and would be completed by the end of the week. M. Butenieff has accepted a draft on Mehemet Ali for 16 millions of piastres. The remainder will be paid in the following manner :-The Director of the Revenues of the Mosques will pay five millions ; the Director of the Public Revenue, 10 millions ; the Farmer-General of the Revenue, 10 millions; the remaining 30 millions will be /aid in five months. The presents made by the Pacha to his bride, the daughter of the Sultan, are valued at five millions of piastres. The ex pense has been borne by the Seraskier. We have a letter from Frankfort, which says-" The Paris journals lately announced a considerable robbery of money, jewels, English Bank -notes, and other negotiable bill s . - A :pan has been arrested here, who is supposed to be the robber. The magistrates have published nothing on the subject ; but it is known that the dress of this individual entirely answers the description given in the Paris papers."-Messager, April 5. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAY 5. Five per Cents., 1071; 00c. 75c. 80c. Four per Cents., 101 f. 25e. Three per Cents. 81f. 90c. 85c. 95c. Bank Actions, 2,210 f. 2,245 f. Rente de Naples, 10'.`.f. 50c. C.c. 50e. ROlll3ll Five per Cents., 102 Spanish Actives, 454 46 45y, 1 4 . Spanish Differes, 21 , 4 %54. Spanish Passives, 14 , , %!4. B e l g ian Loan, Five per Cents 1'2.5 34 Portugue , c Loan, Five per Cents.,. Bl 4. at sf. EXcilmvog LONRON. One month, paper, 25f. 4214 c.; money, 251 424 c. Portuguese haw n es L e o Loam, Three per Ceuta, 54%. , ihree months, paper, -f. --e.; money, eat. 274 c. -Court Authentique BOURSS, QUARTER TO FOUL-The payment o f t h e diffe rences of last month ha s g one off , p rett y well to-d ay. This , and tle'ellt absence. newsn have left the market w i t h out ex em opened at 82f. 10e., and then wen t t o e 82f. Sc.,ellers. Spanish A ctive Stock o p ened at 45 4 and is The of Renter any te s ope now 45i, sellers. LAST PRICvS.-Five per Cents., 1081. sc. ; Three per Cents., 82f. sc. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, ; Gueb !lards, ; Differes, ; New Loan, - ; Actives, 454 ; Pas sives, 144 ; Ducats, 10 2 75 ; Romans, 102 50 ; Pedros, 824 ; Belgians, 102 - ; Dutch, _f. -C. ; liaytians, 395 f. -c. ; Miguels, 174; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 18 ,• Con tinuation, -c. ; New Differes, 224; Five per Cent. Perpe tue:les, -; Royal Loan, -. Letters &Om Stockholm, brought by the Hamburg mail, mention that great naval preparations are being made in the Swedish ports, and also that the garrisons on the coast are being reinforced. The Lisbon journals confirm officially the late changes in the Portuguese Ministry, The Members of the Cabinet are as follows :—The Duke of TER CEIRA takes the Department of War, and the Pre sidency of the CounciI—CARVALIIO, Finance—J. FRIEIRE, the Interior—Count VILLA REAL, Fo reign Affairs—D'ALBUQUERQUE, the Marine—and DE MIRANDA, Justice. The Duke of PA LNIELLA, it is said, is to repair immediately to London, to neo ciate a new Commercial Treaty upon a Inure friendly footing with the English Government. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. THIS DAY. The Committee met this morning at 12 o'clock. Mr. JOY objected to the vote of Oliver Richards, on the ground of bribery. . It appeared from the evidence of the voter, that be was promised by a man named Payne, who represented himself as an agent of West and Hamilton, a sum of ,3/. 10s., on consi deration of voting for the unsuccessful candidate, and he was paid on the day after he had voted. Mr. TIIESSIGER read a minute of proceedings before the Commissioners, stating that Payne was in attendance for some days, but was not examined by the sitting; Member. The CONIMITTEE resolved that the vote of Oliver Richards should be struck off the poll. John Forsyth was objected to in the same class. The Voter, on his examination, admitted having been told before voting, by a man named Turner, a friend of the peti tioners, that he should be paid for his loss of time, and after wards he received two sovereigns and his taxes were paid. The vote was struck off. This restored Mr. O'Connell's majority. The scrutiny was then proceeded with by the petitioner's counsel when our reporter left. KING'S - BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE SUNG V. THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had to shew their Lordships cause against a rule, by which his Majesty's Court of King's Bench called on the Lords of his Majesty's Trea sury to shew cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, directed to them, and commanding them to restore to its place in the minute book of the Treasury, the minute made therein on or about the 6th of October, 1826, in which the then Lords of the Treasury expressed their opinion that under the circumstances therein stated, a vote should be sglsmitted to Parliament, granting to Carmichael Smyth, Esq. ad allowance of 166/. per annum ' • and why the mandamus should not order the Lords of the Treasury to submit an ap plication to Parliament for a grant oh his account in the esti mates of the present year. Their Lordships were by that called upon to order the Lords of the Treasury to restore the minute, which they, in the exercise of their power and discretion, and giving the best advice they could to the Crown, have thought ought to be rescinded, and a new minute made on their books restoring that grant. Their Lordsbips were to command the Lords of the Treasury to make in the estimates an application to Parliament that there may be a vote in favour of Mr. Carmichael Smyth. By this rule it is thought that your Lordships are to abdicate your judicial functions, and to assume the executive and legis lative powers of the State. Lord DENMAN—When was this rule granted ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-7011 . Tuesday, 26th April last. . I should have supposed that I might just as well have applied on the part of the Emperor of Russia for a quo warranto, calling upon the Lords of the Admiralty to shew by what authority they sent a fleet into the Black Sea.—(Laughter.) However, I am called upon to show cause against it, and if the rule is made absolute it will certainly throw upon your Lordships functions which your predecessors have never exercised. Lord DENMAN—Is this the rule you moved for Mr. Lewis ? Mr. LEWIS-Yes, my Lord, it was obtained this term before Mr. Justice Williams. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL - On the Ist of June, 1811, Mr. Smyth was appointed Paymaster of Exchequer Bills, which office, as was solemnly determined by the Court of Exche quer, he held during pleasure, and was liable to be dismissed from it any moment without cause. In October, 1826, he re ceived a retiring pension of 1661. Lord DENMAN-We feel ourselves disposed to call upon Mr. Lewis to show if we have the power to grant this rule. We cannot, at present, discover the slightest foundation for this application. Mr. LEWIS would endeavour to discharge his duty by refer ring to the arguments he had used before Mr. Justice Wil liams, when he had obtained the rule. He admitted the prin ciple that the office was held during the pleasure of the Crown, but in his opinion that did not touch the present question. It was for their Lordships to say, on the construction of the Acts of Parliament to which he would refer, whether Mr. Smyth had a vested right in this pension, and he would endeavour to show that, after having been once placed on the Pension List, the Lords of the Treasury had no power or discretion what ever to withhold that allowance from him. Lord DENMAN—If the Act of Parliament gave the person that right, the Lords of the Treasury cannot take it away ; but what feasible right has this Court to call upon any Member of Parliament to do any particular thing? Mr. JERVIS-The Act required the Lords of the Treasury to place this vote on the estimates ; and the name being once there, it was competent for the Chancellor of the Exchequer „„, D.pliamant to sivo a reason for with drawing it ; but it was not competent for the Lords of the Treasury to refuse inserting the name on the votes ; and if they do, this Court can compel them. By the 50th Ceo. 111. chap. 117, the Lords of the Treasury had a discretionary power to grant or withhold retiring allowances, and they were obliged to lay annually. before Parliament a return of the increase and diminution in that list. The 3d Geo. I V., chap. 113, repealed that Act ; and upon its construc tion the question would turn. It provided that a sum out of the salaries of officers should be set apart to form a superanuation allowance to which so long as the Act was in force Mr. Smyth had contributed, thereby establishing his cla'na to that fund. By the 6th section it was directed that the names of persons receiving the allowance should be an nually laid before Parliament, thereby showing that the Lords of the Treasury had no right to withhold the name of Mr. Smyth. The Learned Counsel proceeded at some length to argue that by the construction of the Act the Lords of the Treasury were obliged to insert Mr. Smyth's name, and had no discretionary power whatever in the matter. Mr. Sinyth had a legal right, and his pension not having been voted, he had no legal remedy but the present application. Mr. WELLESLY followed on the same side. The COURT having conferred for some time together, Lord DENMAN said there did not appear to them to be the smallest foundation for this application. In order to bring the case within the Act of Parliament it should be shown what the Court was required to do. In that it had entirely failed—the minute of the Lords of the Treasury was revokable the very day it was made, and it was utterly absurd to suppose that that Court could call upon any Board either to revise their own discretion, or restore the discretionary grant which had been made by a former Board at a different time, and under different circumstances. There did not appear to the Court to be a single word in the Act to show anything like a vested right in the person who made the application, and therefore the rule must be discharged. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind E. fresh breezes.—Arrived the Ma tilda, Brooks, from the South Seas; Rapid, Miller, Water ford ; Oscar, Hindman, Tortola. Arrived from the River, and proceeded—Janet, Chalmers, for the Mauritius ; Runny mede, Wildridge, for Sydney ; Ann, Roberts, for Jamaica; Dorothea, Craig, for Grenada ; Sarah Ann, Parsons, for Bayonne. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S.E. to E.—Arrived the Vixen, Jennings, from London, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with a steamer bound to Lisbon ; Meeker, --, from Danzie. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind N.E. to N.W.—Sailed the Caroline, Greig, for Quebec. Arrived, the Reliance, Walters, from Sicily. WIGHT, MAY 6.—Arrived off port, the Lady Nugent, Fad dett, from Canton ; William, lladnett, from St. Vincent's. LtvERPOOL, MAY s.—Arrived off port, the Liverpool, ---, from St. John's, N.B. BELFAST, MAY 4.—Arrived the Camilla, Smith, London. ABERDEEN, MAY 4.—Arrived the Shakspcare, Rone, from Dantzic. FALNIOUTII, MAY s.—Wind N. to N. N. W.— Arrived the Seagull packet, from Lisbon, sailed 19th ult. ; Transit (steamer) from Gibraltar, left 18th ult., Cadiz 20th ult., and Lisbon 29th. The John, Hunter, --, has arrived at Messina, after being on shore. The Regent, from Rotterdam, has arrived at Lisbon, rudder damaged, and must discharge, bound to Surinam. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, a - gentleman of the name of Burtonshaw, residing in Bermondsey-square' terminated his existence by nearly se vering his head from his body with a razor, which was found clenched in his hand. A medical gentleman was immediately sent for on its discovery, but on his arrival he stated that death must have been instantaneous, as all the vital parts were en tirely separated. The unfortunate man had been long labour ing under severe indisposition. TIIE ENSUING METROPOLITAN SESSIONS.— The Central Criminal Court, Monday, the 9th of May, before the Recorder and the City Law Officers ; the Judges from Westminster Hall will not attend till Wednesday; to sit at nine o'clock. Middlesex General Sessions, Monday, the 16th of May ; ditto Appeal Day, Thursday, the 19th ; ditto County Day, Thursday, the 26th. Westminster General Session, Thursday, May 12th ; ditto County and Appeal Day, Friday, the 13th ; Adjournment Day, Saturday, the 28th. Surrey Sessions at Reigate, the last week of the month. The calen ders of prisoners to be tried are expected to be very heavy. D. BARRY, Esc.—(From the Chester Courant.) select party of the friends of this gentleman, formerly editor of the Chester Chronicle, entertained him the other day to an elegant dinner at the Hop-pole Inn ; after which the company subscribed a purse for the purchase of a splendid piece of plate, with which Mr. Barry will be presented at an other dinner, as a mark of their regard and esteem. A meeting took place early yesterday morning at Chalk Farm, between Colonel Kirby and Captain Dickson. An exchange of shots took place, but Colonel Kirby's pistol misst.d fire ; upon which the seconds interfered, and the par ties were removed from the ground. The Colonel was at tended by R. Dades, Esq., and Captain Dickson by H. B. Cooke, Fal. LITERATURE. THE PRIORS OF PI?_IGUE. 3 Vols, J. Macrone, Landr»). 1836. The " Priors of Pra ,, u;2" is the autobiography of Mr. Wortley Montagu, who is supposed to he the son of the celebrated Mary Wortley Montagu, and to have composed his narrative towards the close of his life, when a resident with the Priors of Prague, by whom he was admitted a lay-brother of their Order. The book is by no means deficient in incidents, some of a humorous and some of a deck tragic character, and reminds us in its style, and occasionally in the graphic vigour of its descriptions, of Captain Trelaw- ney's " Adventures of a Younger Son." The opening chapters of the autobiography are the worst, for Mr. Neale (the author), though he possesses humour, has nothing of point or epigrammatic smartness about him ; yet in these chapters he is perpetually affecting both. The work, however, improves as it goes on ; and the third volume, which is decidedly the best, contains an ably written episode of Mr. Wortley's intrigue with a young married lady of title, brought about, most inno cently on his part, by the manceuvring of a female relative of the fair victim, for reasons which we are left to guess at, for Mr. Neale gives us no explanation on this score. The close of this episode is very affecting. Equally well written are the descriptions of a duel on the sands of Calais by day-break, and of the personal appearance and manners of the famous Frederick the Second. SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. Vol. 25. Cadet!. Edinburgh. 1836. The volume before us forms the fourth of Sir Walter Scott's " Tales of a Grandfather," which, next to his unrivalled Waverley novels, are the most popular and delightful of his prose compositions. It is embel lished with two engravings—one of the famous pass of Killicrankie, celebrated as being the place where the Viscount Dundee received his death-wound in the moment of victory ; and the other of Glencoe, equally notorious for the atrocious massacre perpetrated there in the reign of William the Third. The designs from which these engravings are executed have been fur- nished by Turner, but, though they are singularly striking on a first hasty glance, yet they have so much of a falsetto air about them, that we can scarcely un derstand them. This, however, does not apply to Mr. Miller, the graver, who has accomplished a difficult and perplexing task with great skill. INKLINGS OF ADVENTURE. 3 Vols. Saunders and Otley. London. 1836. These volumes are by Mr. Willis, author of " Pen cillings by the 'Way," and are penned pretty much in the same light, rapid, slap-dash sort of manner. They have this advantage, however, over their predecessors, namely, that there are no personalities in them, and that Mr. Willis need not regret having written them. The major part of the volumes consists of tales, the best of which have already appeared in the " New Monthly Magazine ;" and the remaining portion, say one third, of brief sketches of American scenery and manners. The account of a voyage up the Hudso❑ in a steam-boat, shows much vigour and picturesque talent, and we may extend the same praise to the des cription of the Falls of Niagara, and the scenery in its immediate neighbourhood, trite as is the theme. Those who read for mere amusement, and relish an abrupt, piquant style of narrative, will have no reason to regret purchasing " Inklings of Adventure." TAI T' S MAGAZINE. The reviews in this Number are—as they always have been, by the bye—admirably written and digested. The critic does not yield to the very natural tempta tion of showing off himself at the expense of his au thor, but brings out all the latter's good points, and places them fully before the reader. Of such order of criticism are the notices of " Random Recollections of the House of Lords," and " 11 aumer's England in 1835 ;" which are profuse in their extracts, and not overlaid with extraneous observation. The article on " the National Debt," is as heavy as its subject, which besides has been so often, and so minutely and elabo rately discussed, that it is impossible for even the most ingenious statistic writer to impart to it the slightest novelty. The gloss has been worn off' the theme, for twenty years and upwards. " State of Agriculture is a more seasonable subject, and is treated in a dis passionate and argumentative manner. The writer does not join in the Chandos cry of agricultural dis tress, observing, " We very confidently state it as our opinion, that there is not the slightest cause for alarm regarding the present state of agriculture in this country. It has been, for the last cen tury, at least, rapidly and steadily progressive, and never was making more rapid staides than at this present moment, not withstanding low prices, and exorbitant rents. The land owners seem determined not to submit to a reduction of their rent-rolls until driven to the last extremity ; but yield they must, and the longer reduction is withheld, the more seriously ultimately will the loss prove to themselves. We do not mean to assert that among some classes of farmers, there is not distress ; but that distress their landlords can alone remove. The pastoral districts, on the other hand, were never in so flourishing a state. On extensive estates in the Highlands, equal in size to some of the English counties, there is not a farthing of arrears of rent." " The See ! the See !" is a parody on a late popular song, by Haynes Bailey. It affects to be humorous, but is a very dull, heavy, serious affair. William Howitt's " Appeal to the Society of Friends at the present Crisis " contains, like all this sturdy Reformer's prose writings, some blunt, useful truths. We like Friend Howitt. He speaks the truth boldly, and has no notion of mincing matters. We have not forgotten his admirable book on " Priestcraft," which rung a startling peal—a regular triple bob-major--in the ears of the pluralists, and threw two Archdeacons into hysterics. " Signs of the Times" is a shrewd essay, by one who is gifted with keen observant faculties. The Number is an excellent one. A SUMMER IN SPAIN. Smith. London. 1 836 A pleasant, sketchy book, of no great literary pre tensions however, for the author is rather an easy gossip, than a keen observer. Here and there we find some picturesque bits of description, as, for instance, where the author sketches the customs and peculiarities of the " chapelgorries." The book will serve well enough to pass away an idle half hour or so. His Majesty's cutter Quail is not, we hear from good authority, to be repaired; but her commander is likely to be appointed to a brig. Vast numbers of people have visited the wreck at Portsmouth, and expressed great surprise at the escape, which they consider little short of a miracle. THE WEATHER.-Notwithstanding the coldness and backwardness of the Spring, the wheats in this county— as appears generally to be the case over the kingdom—look well. The Cuckoo has been repeatedly heard during the past week in this neighbourhood.— Whitehaven Herald. The Aberdeen Herald records an instance of fanati cal intolerance of a most disgraceful character. Sir William Seton, a saintly youth, stands forth as the persecutor of the Rev. Charles Gordon, a Roman Catholic clergyman, whose name he moved should be struck off the list of directors of a charitable institution, simply because the Rev. Gentleman's creed differed from that piofessed by Sir William. THE SLAVE TRADE.—" We learn," says the Comic'. Francais, " that a convention for the suppression of the slave trade has just been signed by the Minister for Fo reign Affairs and the Swedish Minister, who on Friday sent it off by express to Stockholm." _ Let the summer come when it will, the harvest must of necessity be this year very late, which will probably tend to enhance the price of Wheat, by the near exhaustion of th e stock in hand. Backward springs are, however, generally the forerunners of productive autumns. On Saturday last a deputation from the Corporation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Sir Kingston James, Mr. Sheriff Drummond, and William Long, Esq., left for London, for the purpose of attending . the House of Lords during the pro gress of the Irish Munic►pal Bill in Committee, and, if ne cessary, of being heard by Counsel against the extinction of Corporate rights.—Dublin .Evening Mail. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ~._.-. The following horses will have left Newmarket for Epsom by Surday morning : Almzzin, To; a, Lzaly Ann, Luck's ,'lll, Candea, Aurelius, Var!" dealioff, Emineh, Oberon, Alfred, Deliihine colt, Marmalade, Eh zando, Pussy, Sepor, Swallow, Destiiv, Genappe, Arbaces, ltcn dizabal, Ermine, Marzee, Taishte,tr, Whale!, Itoval George, Ls" merahla, Hatfield, :_acrry, TIN Athenian, firoth.-;• to Einiliana, out of Shortwaist, Havilitar, Cicero, and Jacket. Several others are expected. CHESTER RACES, Mir 5. A Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, with 50 soya. added by the Stand Committee, for three years old fillies, Bst. 41b. each; once round and a distance. The second to receive back his stake. Mr. Allanson's ch. Vulture Marquis of Westrainster's b. Sarcasm 31r. Giffard's eh. Columbine Mr. Nanney's b. Lady Blessington .. Sir J. Bost ell's ch. Sunbeam Sir T. Stanley's h. by Filho 0 One paid. 5 to 4 the field asst. Vulture. Lady Blelsingtori headed them at starting, but her place was soon taken by Sar' casm. Vulture was let out at the distance, and won easy. Ran in '2 minutes 16 seconds. A Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for two years old colts Bst. 511). $ fillies Set. 21b. ; three quarters of a mile. Mr. Bower': b. c. Lord Stafford Sir T. Stanley's gr. f. by Dr. Syntax Sir. llouldsworth's b. c. Combat Sir .1. Bosvvell's ch. 1. Visioa..._ —.Lear 1 Two paid. Lord Stafford the favourite ; Combat headed them at first, but he was soon displaced, and a tine race took place be tween the three first ; it was however soon evident that his Lord ship was the best in the race, for he won it, when let out, with perfect ease. Ran in a minute and 23 seconds. The Marquis of Westminster's Plato, value 100 SOY% in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 revs. each, h. ft. thrice round the; course ; three years old to carry a feather, four Ist., five 9s'a., six and aged 9st. 41b. Mr. Mostyn's br. f. Queen of Trumps, 4 yrs., Lye, walked. over. Six drew and paid 10 sovs. it. each. IRELAND. MATO ELECTION.—The Hon. Mr. Dillon did not gro to the poll. The contest, says the Preen-wiz, became thus narro wed between Mr. Robert Dillon Browne and Mr. J. Browne, and, contrary to the general expectation, the latter has had the folly to enter the field. So hopeless arc his chances, that no one can assign a reasonable ground for his standing the contest. Some of his friends assert that his object is to show the Hon. Mr. Dillon's party that his opposition was not to them alone, but that he is equally hostile to the friends of independence. He has, however, not the most distant chance. The popular party were confident of success before Mr. Dillon retired, and now that all division is at an end, and further, that Mr. Di!e lon's most prominent friends have joined the ranks of Mr. R. D. Browne, it looks like madness in Mr. John Browne to op pose them. By the last account of Tuesday, Mr. John Browne, was in a minority of 26. MAYO ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL—FIRST DAY. Mr. R D. Browne 243 Mr. John Browne 179 PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the LORDS' last night, upon the bringing up the Report of the Irish Constabulary Bill, an amendment was carried by a majority of 44 over 41, for granting to Quakers an exemption from the necessity of taking official oaths. The Lords Rodeo, Winchilsea, and their party, opposed the concession to con science. The Duke of Richmond and Lord Melbourne sup— ported it. Returns relative to the amount of funds in the hands of the Commissioners for Building New Churches in Ireland were ordered. In the COMMONS, Mr. Grote presented a petition from the owners of low-priced tea, for an extension of time for the pay-. ment of the is 6d. duty. The Chancellor of the Excheqr,er said that the law having fixed the Ist of July next, an A . .tt of Parliament only could afford the remedy. Lord John Possell said that the Irish Tithe Bill would not be pressed ',Ai a fter the Whitsuntide recess. After some other conversa:tion, as to the time when Hon. Members would have an opportunity of bringing forward the questions which stood, on the notices paper, the Chancellor of the Exchequer brrJught forward the Budget. The details of the Right Hon. GentlemaWs finan cial statement will be found is another column—to which, in connexion with some remarks upon the subject elsewhere- - we beg to refer our readers. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, and one Lisbon, by the Seagull—sailed on the 19th April. We havo ship letters from Canton, St. Vincent's, Gibraltar, and Lisbon. The Lisbon mail brings a confirmatio n of the appointment of the new Ministry, as previously received via Madrid, and which seems to give great satisfactio n to the Portuguese, The Budget, unfolded last right in the House of Commons , occupies the attention of the public. Upon the whole it gives satisfaction, and is viewed as a fair and candid statement. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yester day, 911 u for the Account, an d 911 for Money; with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 17 19 ; India Bonds, 45 ; Bank Stock, 2091 210+; India Stock, 2571 9 581. In the Foreign Ma r k e t a s t agnat i on i n the on e r a tions of Foreign Securities also prevails.—Spanish Active may be quoted at the leaving off price of 454 46 ; Passive, 144 ; De ferred, 224 23 ; Portuguese, 841 -k; Three per Cents., 531 54 ; Columbian, 32i 33 ; Mexican, 351 36 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 57+; Five per Cents., 1011 -1. HALF-PAST ONE. To the present hour no further Continental intelligence has been received. Since the early part of the morning Consols have rather a start, front -I f to 92 for the Account ; for Money, 91i 92 ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 ; India Bonds, 4 5 ; Bank Stock , 2101 211 ; India, 258 259. In the Fdreign Market, both Spanish and Portugues e Stocks were heavy—the former reced e d t o 4 5 1 , s i nce which a re-action has taken place. Spanish Acti-re at present 4511 Passive, 144- ; Deferred, 22 ii, ; Porturguese, 84} 85 ; Inge° per Cents., 54 ; Colombian 34i; Mexican, 35f 36 ; Dawn Two and a Half per Cents., 54. In the Share Market little. doing—Colonial Bank 6 prom.; Stephenson, Brighton, 1.41 prem. ; Greenwich, 62 to gig premium. THREE 0' CL OCR. Consols for thu. Account, 91 7, 92. The Directors of the Universal Assurance SocietY, laid before the Propri e t ors an d Policy-holders, at their fir s " annual meeting yesterday, one o f th e most trvourable reP tts we remember to have met with. Up to the end of Nove ri/ i ber, 225 policies have b een i ssue d b y t h e Indian B ran ch the Society, covering Sa Rs. 27.35.740.—At home, accor d in„ to the last statement, there havr: been issued l' l 7 covering 130,661/. l6s. 9d., maY.lng the annual transactiol Sa. Rs. 40.42.35 S 6. But what is most extraordinarA ti° a single lapse has occurred since the formation of the secl! t Y" —lndia Gazette and Bengal Chronicle, Deco mber, 1 83 ' 'Wednesday a numerous deputation of Nohletnellt amonsand Gentlemen,' coniposed from all political parties, whom were the Earl of Devon, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. W. Whitmore, the Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, Mr. H• rn i, Ward, M. P., Mr. Hutt, M. P., Mr. Angerstein, M. P. s Torrens, Mr. Ferguson of Raid), and Mr. Wyse, M.P.i i tl o a d„ long interview with Lord Melbourne, to suggest to his ~1 ship the expediency of raising an emigration fund for Ireland by means of the sale of waste lands in the Colonies. The re policies, suit of the conference was, that an inquiry into the subject be immediately proposed to Parliament, with the sanctioa Government. EAST INDIA HOUSE.--Nothing of any particulselar, importance took place yesterday at the East India 0 after our r e port er l e f t , w i t h t h e except i on t h at M r . Wee d I Fi „ a st motion for petitioning P ar li amen t f or th e equa liz a tion ef and Wcst Indian sugars was agreed to. 1 ,, of An EnaliShr -1! 1- At- tl 1): , -" - 1 tiglishman has lately erecte Ott ne tossa` the river Theiss, in Hungary, a in the form of tk- c' f o r man. The head la the dwelling-house, the eyes s ervig 4 windows, and the nose for a double chimney. Thorn:O% r is placed in the body, and set in motion by a stream et r t :e from a canal, in the form of an immense bottle, eih ; " monster is emptying into his mouth. BLIND ALICK.—REMAR KABLE MEDloltbe This singular man died at Stirling on Sunday week, at Or age of about seventy-five years. He had been for IV i A years considered one of the curiosities of the place. so was blind from his birth, was a native of Stirling, an d , w atc he well acquainted with its streets an d p u blic walwalks , t ps• never, even in Isis old age, required a staff to direct his s oa ," He was imbued with the spirit of inquiry. Nothing es c r ithe him, whether the topic referred to politics or poetry' de passing events of the day; all interested him, and b e t°° hotA light in recapitulating, with fidelity, what he heard, 01 ' His giving vent to any acrimonious or malevolent feeling.-r memory was the most tenacious we ever knew, or eca o r o r collect to have heard of. He could repeat, without l' 3ll t he impediment, the whole of the Old and New Testaraen.t,;, b e been 5an , ,, 00 psalms, paraphrases, and hymns, and, as has could give chapter and verse with the utmost readiness. _ruott of the most extraordinary things of this extraordinary li?reling, was that in his " daily beat " in the Back Walks of 5 t 00 d....* he could point out every locality in the Greenock Intelligenctr. ve The pulpits of the Churches in this town oa- se of hung with black, as a mark of public regret at the dece'a'se the venerable Bishop Ryder.—Derby Rei r ter neighbourli (AnvERnsEmENT.] 14E S' The NEW FLAT GOLD WAT 0. teif are offered i n d ou bl e -b ottome d eng i ne -turned cases, is,ithace—§3everz finished ver ti ca l movements, all and warranted for _ at _ Guineas each, or, with highlv-iluished horiz ontal movernlocking eac ranted at Ni ne G u i neas h; at T. COX SAVORY'S, /00dan. Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Il 112 O nt n. he sth inst at Streatham, the lady of Hulbert V~atUen, ,q. of a so Nightingale,kne, IE D • sg" On the sth inst., aint All Ss, W a ncl:,, s corth, John B ui e h le°, V , of of dag Clapham, to Caroline Rebecca, 1. D. Gotting, Esq., of East-11'2;i, Wandsworth. of° London : Printed ap,A by:AIM-WO Yu u`';i i — e C Ol 112, Strand, w4k 1034 S un, Office, No. 112, Stran d, in of Mi.c1.41.#44. I 01d but dent; 1) cure II col to rs 4 Wh en te,en I So,' ce4 A